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Maple Crème Brulee

Description: If available, use pure maple sugar on top of the brulees for additional maple flavor. Maple sugar is available at the Spice House, located at the Milwaukee Public Market and Old World Third Street. You will also need a hand-held kitchen torch to caramelize the brulee sugar topping.

Ingredients:

Preparation:

Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Place eight 6-ounce crème brulee or custard cups in a baking pan that has 1½-inch sides. Set aside.

Place cream in a medium pot. Split vanilla bean down the center and scrape seeds into a large pot with the cream. Place the bean in the cream as well (it will be strained out later). Heat cream to a simmer. Turn off heat.

Pour filling evenly among the brulee containers. Fill baking pan with ½ inch of hot water. Place pan on center rack of preheated oven and bake about 45 minutes. Brulees should be firm to the touch but wiggle a bit. Remove from oven. When cool enough to handle, remove from water bath. Cool completely, then place in refrigerator 4 hours or overnight.

To serve, dust tops of brulees with pure maple sugar. Use a hand-held kitchen torch to caramelize the sugar.